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A bill to remove permitless carry legislation in Nashville and Memphis has failed to pass at the Tennessee State Capitol.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis leaders are looking to address gun violence by proposing new laws, which would restrict access to certain weapons. Councilman JB Smiley is sponsoring an ordinance that would ban permitless carry, assault rifles, and the ability to store weapons in your vehicle unless it’s in a lockbox. “There’s a proliferation of firearms in […]

There are two avenues where Tennessee could see open permitless carry laws expanded in the state.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two years after Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee led the charge to allow residents 21 and older to carry handguns in public without a permit, younger adults could soon have the same privilege, with or without the governor’s signoff. A gun rights group sued after the law was passed in 2021, arguing […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two years after Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee led the charge to allow residents 21 and older to carry handguns in public without a permit, younger adults could soon have the same privilege, with or without the governor’s signoff. A gun rights group sued after the law was passed in 2021, arguing […]

There have been a few cracks in the predictable pattern of Republican-controlled states loosening gun laws while Democratic states tighten them. But it’s far too soon to say the GOP is changing direction even amid a record-setting pace for mass killings in the United States. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, is sticking by his […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — More than a year after Tennessee’s permitless carry bill was signed into law, State Senator London Lamar wants to roll it back in Shelby and Davidson counties. Lamar (D-Memphis) says the current law is making both areas more dangerous. “Right now, if you look at the data from many of our cities […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police saw Carmon Tussey walking briskly toward a crowded Louisville bar carrying a semi-automatic weapon. With people running away, officers moved in, service weapons drawn. They put the 26-year-old in handcuffs and confiscated his gun. Tussey was later charged with terroristic threatening, wanton endangerment and disorderly conduct, prosecutors said, and could […]

Ohio is now the 23rd U.S. state to pass a permitless carry gun law. Here’s what that means.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Memphis City Council says if state lawmakers don’t take action to reduce gun violence then they’ll take matters into their hands, drafting their own laws. Just days after the lockdown on Highland Street and the shooting inside Fox 13, the Memphis City Council is pushing to consider gun control legislation even […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A new bill would allow some college students to bring guns on campus in Tennessee. Supporters say students deserve the right to defend themselves, but others caution that the state’s relaxed gun laws are already contributing to violent crime. Senate Bill 827, sponsored by state Sen. Joey Hensley (R-Hohenwald) would allow those […]